Traditional county: Lancashire · District / Borough: Chorley · Region: North West
Explore Bretherton, Lancashire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Bretherton map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Bretherton, Lancashire, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | Bretherton |
| Traditional County | Lancashire |
| District / Borough | Chorley |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.677928 |
| Longitude | -2.801452 |
| Place Type | Village |
Bretherton rests upon a flat expanse of the Lancashire plain, where the horizon stretches wide and the sky claims a vast, cloud-swept dominion over the fields. It lies 4.4 miles west of Leyland (from Leyland: bearing 260°T, OS grid SD 471 204), and is situated east of Tarleton village. Brick cottages and sturdy farmsteads define the character of Bretherton, their walls gathering the soft, pale light that filters across the low-lying agricultural landscape. To the south-west, the old course of the River Asland traces a quiet, winding path through the silt and grass, marking a boundary where the earth meets the slow pulse of moving water. The remnants of the moated site and two fishponds south of Manor House Farm offer a silent witness to centuries of human presence, held in the quietude of the surrounding meadows. Broad, open lanes connect the dwellings, and the air here carries the faint, clean scent of damp soil and distant salt winds from the nearby coast. Through the seasons, the land remains tethered to the rhythmic cycles of sowing and harvest, maintaining an enduring, grounded composure. Bretherton endures as a place of steady stillness, where the architecture of the past remains visible in the simple, honest geometry of the buildings.
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Explore Bretherton, Lancashire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 53.677928, -2.801452. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | August 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |